This question concerns a P3-500 320MB Thinkpad running Vector Light version 6 beta 2 with a NeoMagic video card. Gslapt reports that the correct driver for the card is installed.

Here is the question:

Currently, if I want to use my second display (a projector), I need to boot the laptop with the projector already attached. In that case, the laptop's function keys toggle over to the second display (and back) just fine. But if I attach the second display after bootup, Vector does not see the second display, and I must reboot.

Does anyone know how to enable the hot-plugging of second displays? For example, are there some lines I can add to a configuration file somewhere, or perhaps this feature is only supported in some window managers and desktop environments but not others (such as IceWM, which is the default desktop in Light)?

You can also put the external display above, to the left, etc. of the laptop monitor, in which case you need to add the resolutions appropriately to put them in the Virtual line.Check this page for more information:http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2

I am sorry to take so long to respond. I had a flatbed truck's worth of work dumped in my office shortly after I last posted. Meanwhile, I've been making do with the laptop's current configuration. I will try these recommended solutions this coming week and report my findings in this thread.

Meanwhile, someone congratulate me on purchasing Vector Standard 6 Deluxe yesterday. I have a Thinkpad T43 arriving on Tuesday (I like Thinkpads). I wouldn't have said this a year ago, but I actually like XFCE better than KDE.